2025 Election Preview
Casting Their Lines Candidates try to reel in voters by Lorne Chambers | Editor Next month, for the first time in a decade and a half, Folly Beach will have a new leader. Longtime mayor Tim Goodwin is stepping aside, and five candidates are eyeing his gavel. Over the...
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Council Blasts Through Lots of Important Issues
Full council meeting in near-record time By Charlie McCarty | City Council Reporter Folly Beach City Council met for its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 8. The Work Session convened at 6 p.m. and two matters were discussed. Larry Finney of Greene, Finney...
A Wave of Their Own
LOCAL LADIES ARE PUTTING FOLLY BEACH ON THE SURFING MAP By Lorne Chambers | Editor Last month a few local ladies packed surfboards atop cars and in the beds of trucks and headed north for the 28th annual Wrightsville Beach Wahine Classic. After a full weekend of...
Planting One on Folly
Community Garden takes root By Warren Cobb | Managing Editor The Folly Green Team was established a few years ago to promote green events and activities on the island. One of their many initiatives is a Community Garden. With the help of the City of Folly Beach and...
Rethink Folly Road
Big changes suggested for Folly corridor By Warren Cobb | Managing Editor Earlier this year, the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) began exploring options to improve the Folly Road corridor. The project, referred to as “Rethink Folly Road:...
City Commissions Core Sampling Study
Searching for fresh, cheap sand in Stono Inlet By Warren Cobb | Managing Editor In July, Folly Beach City Council voted to pay $67,517 from the Beach Preservation Fund to Athena Technologies LLC for Vibracore Sampling in the Stono Inlet. Vibracore sampling involves...
Rain, Reclaim, Reuse
Folly Green Team offering rain barrels on the cheap Special to The Current The Folly Green Team is having a busy month! They’re in the process of establishing a Community Garden on Michigan Avenue in September (see the article on page 1), and they’re facilitating the...
Wheel to Surf
County hosts expo for people with physical limitations Special to The Current Physical fitness should be a part of life for everyone, and the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) wants to provide all residents of the local community with that...
Council Rejects Domestic Chickens, Supports Fireworks
… And other sundry City business By Charlie McCarty | City Council Reporter Folly Beach City Council met for their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Its Work Session began promptly at 6 p.m. First, Council considered a proposed property swap to exchange a...
Turtle Population Crawling Back!
2015 has been a great year for sea turtles By Warren Cobb | Managing Editor Sea turtles have been visiting Folly Beach to lay eggs for millennia. This evolutionary behavior continues today between the months of May and September. But the cycle is not without its...
Wave Therapy
Surfers Healing shows the caring side of surfers Special to the Folly Current Each year, dozens of local amateur and pro surfers, along with hundreds of volunteers, flood the beach in front of The Tides hotel for the annual Surfer’s Healing event. Surfers Healing is a...